Morgan County News

You don't need a snowy white beard, rosy red cheeks or eight tiny reindeer to be Santa for seniors this Christmas.

More than $500,000 has flowed into MCS Community Services coffers for its energy assistance program, the Morgan County Board of Commissioners learned Monday.

The Internal Revenue Service is on the lookout for 23 Jacksonville-area residents.

Two to three inches of rain over the past two days closed highways and caused flood warnings to be issued for some Illinois River towns.

The Village of Ashland in Cass County experienced extensive flooding caused by a deluge of rain Thursday night.

A Jacksonville man already sentenced to prison for armed robberies in Morgan County has had additional time added in Scott County.

For the first time in eight to 10 years, Morgan County schools may open their buildings to have children immunized.

A Greene County man was re-sentenced to prison Thursday for violating probation in a 2008 convenience store holdup.

A 56-year-old central Illinois man has drowned while trying to clean a culvert. Morgan County Coroner Jeff Lair says the man was cleaning the culvert with a rake Sunday morning because it had gotten clogged.

A Murrayville teen was sentenced to three years in prison for having sex with an underage girl in the past year.

An investigation is underway after a Jacksonville woman is found dead in her own bathtub.

One of two people charged in the fatal shooting of a Jacksonville man nearly two years has entered a plea agreement with Morgan County prosecutors.

Morgan County Sheriff's deputies say they arrested a Jacksonville businessman after his estranged wife told them he had poured gasoline throughout their house and said he was going set it on fire.

Sentencing of a Murrayville teen for having sex with an underage girl has been delayed so the judge can determine with whom he will live and what his employment prospects would be if he were placed on probation.

Tracking down the origins of bomb parts. Apprehending a suspected terrorist who planted the bomb.

Tracking down the origins of bomb parts. Apprehending a suspected terrorist who planted the bomb.

A dangerous intersection in Morgan County is set to get some safety upgrades this year funded largely by federal stimulus dollars.

It was past dark and time for bed, but Kay Ater couldn't sleep. She just had to check.

A Morgan County judge has sentenced a Waverly man to three years in prison for stealing nearly 2,000 bushels of corn near Franklin last winter.

A procession of police cars escorting 43 bicyclists Thursday to the rural Waverly home where Morgan County Sheriff's Deputy Craig Dorwart grew up was a somber reminder of his death in the line of duty 15 years ago.